Fermont

\fɛʁ.mɔ̃\

/\fɛʁ.mɔ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Fermont” is uncommon French (frequency #70,642 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,642
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC de la Caniapiscau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fermont · Fermont · French

Fermont · rank #70,642 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,642
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fermentés

Nearest frequency peer: fermentés (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Fermont »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Fermont » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fermont
PropertyValue
HeadwordFermont
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\fɛʁ.mɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,642
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Fermont » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Fermonttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « fermentés » (#70,641), « ferrés » (#70,643), « fett » (#70,644). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « Fermont » est au #70,642. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fermont is uncommon French at frequency #70,642 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \fɛʁ.mɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC de la Caniapiscau.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Fermont in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Fermont, spelled F-E-R-M-O-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC de la Caniapiscau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Fermont appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Établie au nord du 53ᵉ parallèle, à proximité de la frontière du Québec et de Terre-Neuve, la ville minière de Fermont doit son nom au minerai de fer qui se trouve en grande quantité au mont Wright, situé à 25 km à l’ouest de la ville.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Fermont"?
"Fermont" is spelled F-E-R-M-O-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛʁ.mɔ̃\.
What does "Fermont" mean?
As a proper noun, "Fermont" means: Ville canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC de la Caniapiscau.
How do you pronounce "Fermont"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fermont" is \fɛʁ.mɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fermont" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Fermont", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

flocage#70,653fédérée#70,665Gatwick#70,672Gillard#70,674

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list